The celebrated spiritual leader of over 5 million Tibetan Buddhists supports religious freedom but sees proselytizing as a source of social conflict.
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We live in a society that breathes sex even more than oxygen. So it's no surprise there is worldwide interest in a discovery suggesting Jesus might not have been celibate.
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Defying a call by the Philippine Catholic hierarchy to refrain from self flagellation and bloody crucifixion, at least 16 devotees were nailed to crosses on Good Friday.
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Ethnic Kachin Christians are mobilizing and calling for an end to the detention and torture of one of their number by Burmese security forces.
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For 100,000 Kachin Christians in refugee camps in Laiza, on the China-Burma border, an escalating civil war means the prevailing mood of this holiday season is one of fear.
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At an ancient Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, hundreds came to seek happiness and escape from the frustrations of the country’s political condition.
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A wave of Buddhist monk-led protests rolled across Burma in December decrying government brutality in defense of a major copper-mining project.
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Thailand has proven to be a welcoming new home for Cambodian and Burmese migrants looking to practice their faith freely.
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Burma's primarily Christian, ethnic Chin community claims their religious symbols are being destroyed and that they are even facing forced conversions to Buddhism.
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Though they have no formal political power, Burma's religious leaders shape the political system through their extraordinary influence on citizens.
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